Yu Gao

Yu Gao joined Brooklyn College in fall 2010 after having spent two years as a postdoc at the University of Pennsylvania, and prior to that, five years as a graduate student in the Department of Psychology at the University of Southern California.

Best Dissertation Award, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California. (Awards and Honors) 2008

Best Presentation Award, International Society for Research on Aggression. (Awards and Honors) 2008

International Academic Award, University of Southern California. (Awards and Honors) 2008

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

*Fagan, S., & Gao, Y. (2016, November). Emotion processing deficits in psychopathy. Oral paper to be presented in the penal ?The neurobiology of psychopathic traits in youths and college students? at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016

*Huang, Y. & Gao. Y. (2016, November). Interaction between prenatal maternal stress and low heart rate in predicting conduct problems and psychopathic traits in children. Oral paper to be presented in the panel ?Biosocial Interactive Perspective on Psychopathic Traits and Behavioral Problems in Childhood? at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016

*Zhang, W., & Gao, Y. (2016, November). The relationship between social adversity and callous-unemotional (CU) traits in children: The moderating effect of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) activity. Oral paper to be presented in the panel ?Biosocial Interactive Perspective on Psychopathic Traits and Behavioral Problems in Childhood? at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016

Fagan, S., Zhang, W., & Gao, Y. (2015, May). Autonomic influences on the development of antisocial behavior in the face of social adversity. Poster presented at the Brooklyn College Science Day. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015

Gao, Y. (2015, May). Conditioning deficits and callous-unemotional traits in children. Oral paper presented at the symposium of ?Psychopathic traits and aggression in children: implications for treatment? at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015

Zhang, W., & Gao, Y. (2015, November). Callous-unemotional traits and rewards sensitivity in children: the role of social adversity and PEP responding patterns. Oral paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015

Portnoy, J., Raine, A., MacDonald, J., Gao, Y., & Soyfer, L. (2014, November). Heart rate reactivity as a moderator of the relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and externalizing behavior. Oral paper presented at the symposium of ?Biosocial criminology: Research, theory, and use in the criminal justice system? at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014

Zhang, W. and Y. Gao. "2D: 4D Ratios, Psychopathic Personality and Social Adversity: A Cross-cultural Comparison of College Students in United States and China" poster. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychology Association. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013

Gao, Y., et al. "Association Between P300 Deficits at Age 11 and Criminal Offending at Age 23." Symposium on Early Biological Risk Factors for Aggression. Biannual Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression. Storrs, Conn. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010